RAMALLAH, 03 December, 2020, (TON): Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye on Wednesday called on the donor countries to take more serious measures to boycott the Israeli settlements.

"The real situation is deteriorating due to Israel's policies of expanding settlements in the Palestinian territories," Ishtaye told an online meeting for the international donors.

A press statement, issued by Ishtaye's office in Ramallah, said that he told the meeting "due to these policies, the Palestinian land is shrinking, settler violence is escalating, and the access to our resources decreases daily."

According to the statement, Norway chaired the meeting for around 40 donor countries and international institutions, including the United Nations and the World Bank.

"The meeting discussed the political and financial developments in the Palestinian territories and the preparations for the donors' conference, which is scheduled to be held in Oslo in February next year," the statement said.

Israel occupied Jerusalem and the whole of the West Bank following the 1967 Six-Day War and began establishing settlements in the area. Since then, more than 700,000 Israelis have moved into settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem.

In 2019, four new settlements were established in the Jordan Valley including the construction of 110 housing unit construction. Israel has increased its activity to build settlements in the occupied Palestinian land in the West Bank area by 25%.